Thursday, September 04, 2008

Goldregen Row 66

A few pictures of Goldregen now I'm on circular needles. I've had a few problems while knitting with this silk. I lost some stitches when a needle protector popped off. Much swearing ensued while I fixed it and I accidentally snapped a thread while trying to knit 5 stitches together. I did a fix and hid the ends but if you know where to look you can see that I did something a little different to get the stitches to come together as I didn't want to put more strain where the break had been. Still, I enjoy knitting with this silk and I always love knitting a Niebling :-)

Thank you :-)I live on the West Coast and got my silk at Stitches West or I would have had it wound on a cone. As it was, I had to cut the silk half way through winding it into a ball because it was so tangled it would not come loose. It hated winding this stuff! I ordered more silk by calling Habu and had them wind it into cones. it was worth the extra fee to have them do it for me!If I was out that way I would make a point of going to look at Habu. Must be very interesting :-)

So glad you can't see the "fix". You can see it on the flip slide I assure you. All you have to do is slide your hand over the back to feel the place where I had to knot the silk :-( Still, it's a small quibble on my part. It's really a pretty pattern!